Nightless, Sonja Sekula

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Sonja Sekula, Nightless
Sonja Sekula, Nightless
Sonja Sekula
Nightless
1951
Sonja Sekula
1918–1963
Nightless, 1951
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: scratching; ink; felt tip marker; gesso
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 46.4 x 57.5 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 18 1/4 x 22 5/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 55 x 65 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 21 5/8 x 25 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in
Credit line: Bequest of Donald Hatch in memory of Mary Bole Hatch to the University of Kansas. On deposit to the Spencer Museum of Art from the School of Architecture and Urban Design.
Accession number: 1980.0188
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Forms of Thought," Oct-2014, Kris Ercums In the early 1950s, Sekula created ingenious scratchboards-the exact technique is difficult to determine. These playful compositions, which she referred to as “telephone doodling,” access an automatic or involuntary process not entirely in the control of the conscious mind. In 1951, when asked about her abstract compositions, Sekula explained, “So I stop thinking and just play at telephone doodling with a pencil on paper and forget about wanting to find something new, it’s all a bit alike to me.”